Florence Chien is a Chinese-Canadian immigrant residing in Toronto. By day, she is a commercial real estate lawyer. Her debut novel, The Revenant of Surolifia, is a political intrigue fantasy forthcoming in 2026 with Rising Action Publishing. Her historical fiction short story, "No Nationality", was published by Polar Expressions Publishing in the 2009 anthology, Under the Canopy.
One An island. Such is my existence within the stale breath of my house, my house against the undying neon of the Bund, and the Bund beneath the fires that scorch the sky. Mine is an island of solitude and silence. Not even the stifling August heat can begin to thaw the ice that entombs […]